Stay where you are! I have them trapped!
Lucas! Call them off!
Use your sword, boy!
- Don't you dare! - Drew,,,
Drew!
Hector! Gretchen!
Help! Help!
I got you,
Not me, Hector!
- Is he okay? - No thanks to you!
I'm here, Hector,
I'm here,
- There they are! Quick! - Huh?
Bring more men! They're getting away!
It's all right, Just breathe,
Just breathe,
That was a cheap trick, casting off while I was looking after Hector,
You could have left me,
A-And if I had? Who knows if we'd have made it,
They had silver,
They're not afraid to kill other Werelords,
Poor Huth,
Even so, you could've left me in the river,
I pulled you out, I basically saved your life,
Right, yes, how silly of me!
I forgot how selfless you'd been while I was trapped in a cage underwater!
Is she always like this?
Don't engage, Hector, We hostages have to stick together,
Look, as soon as I get us somewhere safe, I'll let you both go,
Until then, just let me try and keep you alive,
Um,,, Hector
I'm sorry about what happened to your old man,
I know I'm responsible,
Please don't think that, It was Vankaskan,
The Ratlord?
- My master, - He's a magister like you,
He's nothing like me, But he's a magister, yes,
Hang on, We're cutting through here,
Uh, Drew, That's the Wyrmwood,
He's a Cold Coast peasant, Hector, You'll have to explain,
We can't go in there,
It's full of bloodsucking bats,
toads the size of dogs, eels as big as this boat,
Then it's the last place our enemies would think to look,
Uh,,,
That's strange,
There's a light,
Heads up! Tie us to that post,
- I'll do it, - I don't think so,
- I'm the lightest, - And the most likely to ditch us,
You'll just have to trust me,
Don't do anything stupid,
Why would I?
That's your job,
Well, she's consistent, I'll give her that,
Is that one poisonous?
Don't you know anything?
- Just give me your hand, amateur, - Here,
Wait, is,,, is that three times I've saved your life now?
- And once again, I'm soaked, - You ran off into a bog,
You steered us right into it,
When Lucas catches up with us, you'll regret the day you met me,
Oh, I'm already there,
No need to thank me,
Oh, I'm sorry, Oh, thank you, Drew!
Thank you for dragging me into this disgusting toilet of a swamp,
Thank you for ruining the biggest day of my life so far!
Thank you for blundering in
just in time to destroy my wedding, my future, everything!
You don't know what it's like to lose everything,
Hmm?
Hello, What are you doing? I can help him,
You're supposed to be keeping a low profile, remember?
Oh, in here,
Let's rest here for the night,
Plenty of home comforts,
Oh, look, They even have pillow chocolates,
Oh no, that's a leech,
Help!
- Drew, no, - You stay here, Watch her,
Help!
Nice and comfy,,, log,
Whoa, whoa! Hold on,
Thank you,
No! No!
Wolf,
Praise be, the Wolf has returned,
Guys, you will never believe what just happ--
Guys?
- Up here, - Hm?
She said not to follow,
Vala,
Vala, Vala,
Vala be praised,
If she never made it onto the boat, where could she have got to?
There was definitely a struggle,
Wyldermen,
There's a Wylderman village on the edge of the cursed forest,
The realm of Vala,
Then that's where she'll be, Do you think you can guide us to--
Looks like it's just you and me,
What is a Vala anyway?
Not what,,, ,,,who,
She's a Werelord,
What Werelord would choose to live with Wyldermen?
They're animals,
So is Vala,
She was an ancient Wereserpent
who became so consumed by her reptilian side
that she embraced it entirely, taking the form of a great snake,
Her obsession was so complete that she lost herself to the beast
and never returned to her human form,
So the legend goes,
The Wyldermen, they consider her a goddess,
That can happen? These powers could just consume me?
It can happen to any of us without the proper training,
Every Werelord is mentored when they're young
so they know how to control the animal inside them,
Except for me,
You've got me now,
Thank you,
Vala's story is told to every young Werelord,
It's a warning you never forget,
Vala,
Vala be praised!
What are you doing?
We need to find what they've done with Gretchen,
Okay, but let's tread carefully, We need planning and stealth--
Never mind,
What is that?
Some sort of shrine to their serpent goddess,
Gretchen?
Gretchen!
Drew! Look out!
Oh, thanks,
What now?
Now we find our friend,
It's called "communing,"
In the old times, it's how magisters were able to speak with the dead,
I-It's forbidden now,
What's the yellow stuff?
Brimstone, It's a powerful chemical, Magnifies the intensity of the spell,
Don't touch it!
The circle must be unbroken,
It protects the caster from,,, what's to come,
Break the circle, and we're in trouble,
Right, What happened to "Let's tread carefully"?
We're perfectly safe if you do as I say, Do you think you can do that?
Mm-hmm,
Besides, the Wyrmwood's a maze, This is the only way we can find Gretchen,
- Did you see that? - Quiet!
This is fine, It's just a dead guy coming back to life,
Rise, Answer to your master,
What have you done with our friend?
You're too late, magister,
Where is Gretchen?
Listen to my voice, I'm right here, Hector,
I'm not going anywhere,
I command you to answer me!
She was taken there to the sacrificial tree,,,
,,,to Vala herself,
A rare feast,
A Werelord,
Let's go,
Now return to the shadows!
You all right?
Good, Let's never do that again,
Over there!
Oh, steady,
She's here!
I told you not to follow,
Anyone mind if I put her back in this tree?
Do you hear that?
Hector, watch out!
Hector, are you okay?
Where did the spider go?
Trust me, the spider is the least of our worries,
That thing,,, Was it,,,?
Vala,
Has she gone?
She's under the mist,
No!
Drew!
Hector!
Stay there!
We're sitting ducks down here,
Come on, Drew, Wake up!
No,,,
Leave my friends alone!
Drew!
Anyone order a really big snake?
- Friends, are we now? - Don't get carried away,
Drew? Drew? What's wrong with him?
Vala's bite, He's been poisoned, Quick, help me get him back to the boat,
Okay,
Well, it's been a night of firsts,
How's that?
First time I've encountered a Wylderman,
First time I've been sacrificed to a giant snake,
First time you've ever broken a sweat?
Does someone carry farm boys for you back at the palace?
- Well, I still think you're both mad, - Why's that?
Trekking after me and tackling a Wereserpent with one battered old sword,
That's what friends do,
How's he doing?
Sleeping himself better, I hope, You sure he's on the mend?
My medicine is working, but it will take a while,
We need to lie low in the meantime,
Where are we heading?
The next village looks pretty remote, and it's a fair way off,
Last stop before we reach the sea,
Motley,
- No! - Shh,
- Motley, - It's okay, Drew,
- Mustn't go back, - What was that about?
He's delirious, It'll pass,
I hope,